Margaret Mahy
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born
March 21, 1936
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female
place of birth
Whakatane, New Zealand
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Children's Books
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Margaret Mahy is a well-known New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. While the plots of many of her books have strong supernatural elements, her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up.
Her books The Haunting and The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance both received the Carnegie Medal of the British Library Association. She has written a little less than 50 novels, including the recent Alchemy in 2002. Among her children's books, A Lion in the Meadow and The Seven Chinese Brothers and The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate are considered national classics. Her novels have been translated into German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Catalan...more
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Changeover: A Supernatural Romance by Margaret Mahy avg rating 4.25 — 202 ratings — published 1984 15 editions |
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The Seven Chinese Brothers (Blue Ribbon Book) by Margaret Mahy avg rating 3.97 — 125 ratings — published 1990 8 editions |
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The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy avg rating 4.15 — 67 ratings — published 1986 11 editions |
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Alchemy by Margaret Mahy avg rating 3.46 — 67 ratings — published 2002 6 editions |
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Bubble Trouble by Margaret Mahy, Polly Dunbar avg rating 4.04 — 50 ratings — published 1992 3 editions |
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The Haunting (Puffin Books) by Margaret Mahy avg rating 3.88 — 50 ratings — published 1982 8 editions |
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Maddigan's Fantasia by Margaret Mahy avg rating 3.43 — 56 ratings — published 1937 4 editions |
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Catalogue of the Universe by Margaret Mahy avg rating 3.67 — 52 ratings — published 1985 9 editions |
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The Great White Man-Eating Shark: A Cautionary Tale by Margaret Mahy avg rating 4.14 — 29 ratings — published 1989 8 editions |
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Down the Back of the Chair by Margaret Mahy avg rating 4.04 — 24 ratings — published 2006 3 editions |
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"All right," said Eden. "After all, we've got to hide somewhere. And even if they move on a bit faster than we can, they'll still leave signs, won't they?
"Yes, they'll drip blood and leave echoes of people laughing," said Timon in a dark voice. Eden looked at him apprehensively. But then Timon laughed himself. "Joking! Joking! Only joking!" he cried, and Eden nodded, echoing his laughter rather uncertainly."
— Margaret Mahy
"Yes, they'll drip blood and leave echoes of people laughing," said Timon in a dark voice. Eden looked at him apprehensively. But then Timon laughed himself. "Joking! Joking! Only joking!" he cried, and Eden nodded, echoing his laughter rather uncertainly."
— Margaret Mahy
"When, suddenly, on an ordinary Wednesday, it seemed to Barney that the world tilted and ran downhill in all directions, he knew he was about to be haunted again."
— Margaret Mahy (The Haunting)
— Margaret Mahy (The Haunting)
"What's happened to the world? she was thinking. Everything has turned terrible...and the bits that aren't terrible have gone mad. I don't understand anything anymore."
— Margaret Mahy (Maddigan's Fantasia)
— Margaret Mahy (Maddigan's Fantasia)
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